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Highlights from the estate of Max Clendinning and Ralph Adron sold at Sworders

After celebrating 50 years of trading last year, the 'Petersfield Antiques Fair' makes a welcome return to the Festival Hall in the Hampshire town.

Our selection of lots from six upcoming auctions

Darren Hudson is the proprietor of Hudson Antiques. For the last eight years he has been organiser of the thrice-yearly Decorative Fair in Battersea Park. The next starts on October 1.

Instantly recognisable and with a perfect provenance, a painting by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) more than lived up to its expectations at a sale held by Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer (22% buyer’s premium).

A Football pattern hexagonal vase was among the highlights at the sale of a single-owner Clarice Cliff collection sale at Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium).

A whimsical Art Deco YZ cherry amber faturan nut bird ashtray, manufactured by Henry Howell & Co and retailed by Dunhill, drew eye-catching competition at a recent Gloucestershire sale.

Some of the biggest hotshot dealers in classic arms will soon be loading up their cars and vans ready for the Classic Arms Fair at Kempton Park Racecourse on Sunday, September 1.

Auction house Rogers Jones said its debut at Gregynog Hall in Powys experienced a greater turn-out of room bidders than for any Welsh Sale since before Covid.

One of the more unusual items on offer at Tennants’ (20% buyer’s premium) Summer Fine Sale was a lock of hair from the 19th century nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). It was thought to have been cut in 1883 when she was 63 years old.

A selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

In recent years, there has been an upsurge in interest for works by Adolph Menzel (see also ATG No 2649), whose works often go way above the guides and achieve unexpected six-figure prices.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Sometime c.1900, a craftsman or accomplished amateur spent a lot of time building or converting a 6ft 7in (2m) cupboard into a fully fitted dolls’ house.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the news of upcoming dedicated auctions at separate salerooms

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy being published, Bayliss Rare Books has offered one of the most revealing and intimate JRR Tolkien collections to come to market recently.